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APPLICATION FILED :uus 2,1911.

1,263,185, 7 Patented Apr. 16, 191&

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UNHED snares earner creasing.

JOHN s. YnneAson, or BROOKLYN, niiw'ronx.

' PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 1%, i is Application filed. June 2', 1917. Serial No; 172,370.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. YERGAsoN, a citizen of the Unlted States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedPackage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to packages containing folded pieces of textile material of The object of the inventionisto provide a new and improved package arranged to hold the folded piece without producing a longitudinal crease therein and to protect the folded piece against dust or being soiled while handled, shipped or stored. Another.

object is to enable the user to unpack the folded piece and unfold the same in open width and in perfectly flat condition on a cutting table without producingthe undesirable and objectionable crease running lengthwise fromone end of the piece to the other, thus enabllng the cutter to advantageously place the pattern in position with pered with by unauthorized persons While in transit.

In order to accomplish the desired result,

use is made of a slit package comprising a body of sheet material adapted to containa folded piece of textile material, the said body being of a length corresponding apinclosing the folded piece of textile material,

proximately to the width of the folded piece, and the body with the folded piece therein being doubled up and forming 'overlying members," and locking means connecting the free sides of the overlying members with each other. Use is also made of a wrapper contained within the said body and the said wrapper being slit within the bod y and the latter being slit exteriorly.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying druwings forming a part ofthis specification, in

which similar characters' ofreference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. F igure 1 is a perspective view of the locked and slit package containing a folded piece of textile material;

'Fig. 2 is a crosssection of line 22 of Fig. 1.;

Fig. 3 is a reduced plan view of the package in open position and Without the folded piece of textile material;

the same :on the Fig. 4 is an inverted 'plan view of the same Fig. 5 is a cross section of the same on the line 5'-5 ofFig. 3 and with the. folded piece of textile material in position;

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same partly folded; and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal central section of the folded and slit package, with the piece of textile material contained therein.

The improved package is adapted'to e611 1 tain a folded piece 10 of textile material,

preferably of the type above referred to,.

and it consists essentially of a wrapper 11- of the usual thin wrapping paper or tissuev paper, and an outer body orshell 12 of a sheet of strong paper or thin} cardboard, to permit of doubling it up with a viewto 01111.21 bottom member 13' and a y top member 14:. The sides of themembers 18 and 11 are provided with inwardly extending closing flaps 15 and 16, and the bottom member 13 is provided at its ends with end flaps 17 and 18 for closing the ends of the package.

21 formed in the top member 14 to securely lock the members 13 and 11 together at their free sides. The end flaps 1i and 18 are provided with looking tongues 22, 23 (see Figs. 1 and. l) to engage longitudinal slits, Q1, 25 formed on the top member 11 to 'se-' curely-lock the end flaps 17 and 18 in posi' tion. A seal 26 is preferably' attached, partly to the locking tongue 20 and the member 11, and similar seals 27 and 28 engage the tongues and and the top member 11, to prevent tampering with-the package by unauthorized persons. In order to render the ends of the package dustproof, use made of end flaps 40, Hand e12, of which the flapselO are integral on the top member'11 and the flaps 41 and 12 are in- The bottom member '13 is provided with a locking tongue 20, preferably cut out of the side flap 15, and this locking tongue 20 is adapted to engage slits tegral on the side flaps 15 and 16 and the .said fiaps"40-,'-l1;and 42 are bent inward prior to folding the end flaps 17 and18 onto the topmember 14. The inner Wrap- .per 11 is of a length exceeding the length f the waidl over t body 12 and is provided with inextending side flaps 30 and31 folded to ofthe folded piece of ten tile materi as plainly indicated in Fig. 5.

The projecting portions 32 .and 33 of the inner vyvrapper- 11 are provided at their ,outeredges and at the median center line .of the said wrapper with 'gummed seals 3 1-, 35,- to'provlde an; inner seal forthis wrapper.

11 as hereinafter more fully explained.

l[n orderto inclosel the folded piece 10 of textile material, the body 12 with the wrap-- per 11 superimposedthereon is spread open;

as. indicated Fig. 3, and the folded piece 10 is then placed on topof the wrapper. l1 with the folds tucked underitheside flaps-V and 31, as plainlyindicated in-. Fig. 5. The'body 12 isnow doubled .up and the tongue 20 is interlocked with the. slits 21,

after which the projecting ends'32 and 33 9% the wrapper -'11 are folded up side'wise, is .indicated 'in Fig. 6, and tucked-under 1 the top member 14 of the body 12. Prior seals 34,. to cause thelatter to firmlyto tucking under the projecting ends 32 and" 33 theseals- 34: and 35 are moistened, and

after .the said projecting ends 32 and 33 have been tucked under a pressure is exerted on'the top member 1a opposite the adhere to the top of-the upper portion of the inner'W-rapper 11, thus sealing the latter Within the body 12.. The flaps 40, i1

and 2 are now folded inward and then the end flaps 17 and 18 are folded over the ends of the package and onto the top member 14L of the body 12, after which, the locking tongues 22 and 23 are engaged with the slits 25, as plainly shown in'Fig. l, andthen the .seals'26, 27 and 28 are applied to seal the locking tongues 20, 22 and 23 against surreptitious' piece of textlle material 10 is securely inclosed w1thin the inner wrapper 11, and the latter with the folded piece 10 therein is safely housed .within the locked and slit body 12 and in such a manner that a longitudinal creasing of the folded piece-is entirely prevented.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the manufacturer can dispense entirely with the reeling of the piece of textile material, the ends only being folded in the usual manner. The folded piece of textile material is then inclosed in the wrapper 11 contained with the body 12 of the package and with "the inner wrapper sealed lnterlorly and the outer body 12 sealed exterlorly.

The package can be safely shipped by the opening. lit will be noticed that by the arrangement described, the folded meshes manufacturer to its distributer and finally to the customer, and during the transportation and possible storing of the package the folded piece of textile material is not liable to be soiled or otherwise injured by dust or handling.

' I t will also be noticed that during transportatlon unauthorized persons cannot W1thout detection abstract the material or a portion thereof as it would be necessary to break the inner and the outer seals above mentioned.

This user when unpacking the textile material breaks the seals, opens up the package and remotes the fblded piece of textile the patterns. t

it will be noticed that by having no longi-- 'tudinal creases on each of the pieces the latter lie fiat, one on top of the other, and the patterns can be very advantageously placed on account of being unhampered by a ridge which'has been formed by the longitudinal creases. It will also benoticed that no sidewise stretching ofthe pieces on the cutting table is required owing to the absence of. creases, and hence a single person can properly placethe severalpieces one on top of the other without the aid of another person. a

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:'. i I

1. in a package containing-a folded piece of teXtile material, a body of sheet material inelosing the folded piece, said body being doubled up and forming two overlying mem-.

bers provided at the sides with flaps extending within the folds of said folded piece, one

of the members being provided with end flaps extending over the ends of the package onto the other member and fastened thereto, one of the said members having a locking flap on one side engaging the other member.

2.. In a package containing a folded piece of textile material, a body of'sheet material inclosing the folded piece said body being doubled up and forming two overlying members provided at the sides with flaps extending within the folds of said folded piece and provided with small end flaps, one of the members being provided 'with small end flaps, and the othermember with large end fiaps,,sa1d large end flaps extending over the ends of the package and the small end flaps onto the first member and ha'ving'interlocking engagement therewith, the side flap of one member being provided intermediate of its end with an integral tongue having interlocking engagement with the other member. I 4

.8. In a sealed package containing a folded piece of textile material, an inner wrapper for the folded piece having end'fiaps adapted to be tucked under, an outer wrapper of sheet material inclosing theinner wrapper and the folded piece contained therein, the said outer wrapper being of a length corresponding approximately to the width of the folded piece and being doubledup forming two overlying members provided at the sides with flaps extending within the folds of said folded piece, one ofthe' members being provided with end flaps extending over the ends of the package and onto the other member, locking and sealing meansfor the said end flaps, a tongue out from the flap of one member intermediate of its ends. and extending over the other member, looking 4. A package wrapper, cons sting of a sheetfof pliable material doubled up and forming' two members provided with in wardly extending side. flaps, each -havingsmall end flaps, one of the members being I provided 'with'small end flaps, and the other member wlth large end flaps extending over the said 'small-end'flaps and having inter 1 at about. its center of length with a tongue flap and extending over the other member and having interlocklng engagement therewith."

. JOHN s. Ynne soN;

locking engagement with the first member, 'I the S flap Of 0 1 member being provided 35.; out therefrom, said tongue extending outside of the inwardly projecting portion of the 

